United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 10 January 2006

  Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

                              December 5-9, 2005



Date            Type of         Proceeding
Issued          Case (1)        or App'n No.            Party/Parties

12-2**          OPP             91116355                Carefirst of
                OPP             91124847                Maryland, Inc. v.
                [Re-designation                         FirstHealth of the
                of Decision of                          Carolinas, Inc.
                9/20/05 as
                Citable
                Precedent of
                TTAB]


                                Opposer's/              Applicant's/
                                Petitioner's            Respondent's
                TTAB            Mark and                Mark and
Issue           Decision        Goods/Services          Goods/Services

2(d); dilution; Opposition      "CAREFIRST"             "FIRSTCAROLINA-
counterclaim    Dismissed;      [collective membership  CARE"
for             Counter-claim   mark for indicating     [healthcare
cancellation    for             membership in an        insurance claims
on the grounds  cancellation    organization of         administration
of              dismissed       persons and medical     services, third-
(1) abandonment                 providers in health     party insurance
and (2) non-use                 maintenance,            claims
as to some of                   preventive medicine,    administration
the services                    prepaid medical plans,  services, and
covered by the                  reduced health costs,   underwriting
opposer's                       and programs on         insurance for
registration                    fitness, prenatal       prepaid healthcare;
                                care, substance abuse,  health care in the
                                and other health-       nature of health
                                related topics] and     maintenance
                                [newsletters            organizations]
                                pertaining to health
                                care, medical care and
                                membership services;
                                underwriting and
                                administration
                                services, on a
                                prepayment basis,
                                relating to emergency
                                medical care, etc.;
                                educational services,
                                conducting seminars,
                                classes, and workshops
                                and lectures on
                                nutrition, infant
                                care, etc.; health
                                care services in the
                                nature of an HMO, and
                                a number of other
                                related services]


Mark and                                        Citable as
Goods Cited by                                  Precedent
Examining Atty.                                 of TTAB

                                                Yes
                                                [Decision of 9/20/05
                                                originally marked not
                                                citable; decision
                                                redesignated as
                                                citable on 12/2/05]


(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION; (MD)=MOTION
TO DISMISS; (MR)=MOTION TO REOPEN


**Inadvertently omitted from report for week of November 28-
December 2, 2005